Away with the Fey!

Where did 2 years go. Really where? Well nine months after the post about Loch Garten We returned to Skye in May 2022. We fell for the beautiful adventure landscape and could not bear getting the turntable ferry back to the mainland without putting another date to aim for return. It was beautiful, quiet and just as amazing as before to explore in the spring. We stayed in the same place to look after the otters and pine martins. This time we went to the famed Faerie Glen. This is a hidden landscape of cone shaped hills not far from Uig. These were originally formed from landslips that were subsequently carved by ice sheets in a similar way to the Old Man of Storr an the Quirang (we visited on previous trip)

It was really great to watch the children scale the hills and be free and away with the faeries!

The fairy ring is actually stones put there by people who visit and often cleared away by the locals as it isn't part of the historical landscape. However, it is still a magical and inspiring place and if, you in the middle of writing about woodland or hovering about in some dark place it is worth remembering the Good Qualities of the Fair folk which include their ability to save you from a storm, provide you with food when you are hungry, clean your house from top-to-bottom and lead you out of the dark woods...